JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas –
Children from Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph learned about
football skills, teamwork and sportsmanship from Terrance Williams, Dallas
Cowboys wide receiver, at a camp July 7-8 at the Rambler Sports Complex.
Williams and 15 college and high school coaches taught the
fundamentals of football to 150 children 7 to 14 years of age, said Sean Rowland, director of operations for
ProCamps Worldwide, the company that helped organize the camp.
Williams said he enjoyed being around, talking to and
teaching football skills to the children at the camp.
“I’m really just ready to have a good time out here,”
Williams said. “I’m trying to give some valuable tips that could help them out
for whenever they decide to take football seriously.”
Williams and the coaches put the campers through several
drills, including passing, running and catching. Toward the end of the first
day of camp, children competed against each other in 7-on-7 team drills.
Landrum Wells, a 10-year-old camp participant, said he had
fun at the camp and enjoyed playing in the 7-on-7 drills.
“I caught a pass on a game-winning drive,” he said.
While he prefers being a defensive back in youth football,
Wells said the drills he went through showed he could also be a good wide
receiver.
Clara Brock, 11, said she learned some new football skills
at the camp, such as the proper stance for throwing a football.
“It was pretty fun,” Brock said. “We would switch from
offense to defense. It was pretty cool.”
Kasey Brock, Clara’s mother, said she decided to sign up
Clara and Clara’s younger sister, Jacqueline, and younger brother, Lucas, for
the camp at the last minute.
“It was just a spur of the moment thing,” Brock said. “I
thought it was great. We were thankful we could do it. I like for the kids to
be active and be outdoors.”
JBSA-Randolph was one of 10 military locations in the U.S.
to host a football skills camp put on by ProCamps, Rowland said.
JBSA-Randolph was selected for the Terrance Williams ProCamp
after Randolph commissary sales led to being named one of the top 10 U.S. military
commissaries for the most Proctor & Gamble product sales, as part of the a
contest sponsored by the company. Proctor & Gamble is a ProCamps sponsor,
as well as the JBSA-Randolph commissary.
“We really wanted to win something for the JBSA-Randolph community,”
said Ronald Yoder, JBSA-Randolph Commissary store director. “We thought this
would be a great event if we could pull it off. The commissary is all about the
community. Our clientele is very special, being the military. Anything we can
do for them anytime, that’s what it’s all about. This was great to bring home
to the base.”
Williams was also proud to participate in a football skills
camp for military children.
“I think it’s great that Proctor & Gamble and the
commissary brought this together for the children,” he said. “Their parents are
working hard for the country.”